Slovakia and Dominican Republic are almost exactly the same size

Slovakia covers about 48,500 km² (18,700 mi²) and Dominican Republic about 48,400 km² (18,700 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.

48,500km²Slovakia
48,400km²Dominican Republic

100 km

Slovakia
Dominican Republic

What fits

Dominican Republic is 100% of the size of Slovakia.
The measured areas differ by 18.0 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
Measured in Belgiums: Slovakia is about 1.58, Dominican Republic about 1.58.

How they differ

Slovakia is larger, but Dominican Republic has the larger population: 10.8 million against 5.4 million, 1.99× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 222 in Dominican Republic against 112 in Slovakia: Dominican Republic is 1.99× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,440 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Slovakia at 49°N is drawn about 2.3× too large and Dominican Republic at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Slovakia as 2.06× the size of Dominican Republic instead of 1.00×.
Together Slovakia and Dominican Republic cover 96,900 km², close to the size of Liberia (95,300 km², 1.7% smaller).
At Dominican Republic's density, Slovakia would have 10.8 million people (it has 5.4 million). At Slovakia's density, Dominican Republic would have 5.4 million (it has 10.8 million).
Slovakia's centre is 29.8° of latitude, about 3,320 km, farther north than Dominican Republic's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Slovakia	1.00×
More people	Dominican Republic	1.99×
More crowded	Dominican Republic	1.99×
Farther north	Slovakia	29.8° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Slovakia	2.3× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Slovakia	Dominican Republic
Belgium 30,700 km²	1.58×	1.58×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.20×	0.20×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.14×	0.14×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.13×	0.13×
France 548,000 km²	0.09×	0.09×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 350	1 in 351

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Slovakia	Dominican Republic
Area, main territory	48,500 km²18,700 mi²	48,400 km²18,700 mi²
Population	5.4 millionWikidata, 2025	10.8 millionWikidata, 2022
Density	112 per km²	222 per km²
Official area	49,000 km²Wikidata	48,700 km²Wikidata
Capital	Bratislava	Santo Domingo
Latitude range	48°N to 50°N	18°N to 20°N
Continent	Europe	North America

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2022, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 49,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 48,500 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 48,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 48,400 km², to within 2%.

Similar in size to Slovakia

Similar in size to Dominican Republic

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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